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24 alternatives to Ark

The largest people search engine

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Ark launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   peoplegraph▲156

   The search engine for (finding) tech people

   2014 · iwin79.in.net · its alternatives →

2. 2
   One Degree▲81

   The Human Search Engine

   2015 · onedegree.co · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Quixey▲74

   The Search Engine For Apps

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Leap.it▲76

   A visual search engine for the web

   2014 · leap.it · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hacker News Search▲92

   a faster hnsearch

   2014 · hn.algolia.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Shodan▲81

   Search engine for computers and IoT

   2015 · shodan.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Compfight▲76

   A Flickr photo search engine

   2014 · vecteezy.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Tesse▲99

   A new interactive search engine with people as results

   2017 · tesse.io · its alternatives →

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   DuckDuckGo▲43

   The search engine that doesn't track you

   2014 · duckduckgo.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Appcrawlr.com▲70

    The App Discovery Engine

    2014 · en.softonic.com · its alternatives →

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    searchcode▲75

    A source code search engine

    2014 · searchcode.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Junoba▲75

    Web search meets Twitter search

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    ClickJolt▲69

    Research and Track Online Competition

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Facebook Search▲95

    Search for posts on Facebook

    2014 · facebook.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    namevine▲98

    Instantly Find Available Domains & Social Media Profiles

    2014 · namevine.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    PennyWhale▲67

    A search engine for fundamental financial data

    2014 · pennywhale.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    abiko▲72

    Tor Search Engine

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    ..▲106

    ..

    2017 · airtape.net · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Pop Up Archive▲87

    Media search & indexing tools

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Find The Best▲25

    Data on thousands of topics

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Burst▲84

    Search & discover on-demand services

    2014 · tryburst.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    TechWatching▲71

    Personalized technology news aggregator

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    TheNeeds▲64

    Discover the best of the web based on your interests

    2014 · theneeds.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    TechReporter▲96

    The day’s top tech headlines from across the web

    2014 · thetechreporter.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →